Does Information about Inequality and Discrimination in Early Child Care Affect Policy Preferences?

We investigate public preferences for equity-enhancing policies in access to early child care, using a survey experiment with a representative sample of the German population (n ≈ 4, 800). We observe strong misperceptions about migrant-native inequalities in early child care that vary by respondents’ age and right-wing voting preferences. Randomly providing information about the actual extent of inequalities has a nuanced impact on the support for equity-enhancing policy reforms: it increases support for respondents who initially underestimated these inequalities, and tends to decrease support for those who initially overestimated them. This asymmetric effect leads to a more consensual policy view, substantially decreasing the polarization in policy support between under- and overestimators. Our results suggest that correcting misperceptions can align public policy preferences, potentially leading to less polarized debates about how to address inequalities and discrimination.

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330 Wirtschaft

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child care, discrimination, inequality, information, policy support, survey experiment

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HERMES, Henning, Philipp LERGETPORER, Fabian MIERISCH, Guido SCHWERDT, Simon WIEDERHOLD, 2024. Does Information about Inequality and Discrimination in Early Child Care Affect Policy Preferences?

BibTex

@techreport{Hermes2024Infor-69206,
  year={2024},
  series={IWH Discussion Papers},
  title={Does Information about Inequality and Discrimination in Early Child Care Affect Policy Preferences?},
  number={2},
  url={https://www.iwh-halle.de/publikationen/detail/does-information-about-inequality-and-discrimination-in-early-child-care-affect-policy-preferences/},
  author={Hermes, Henning and Lergetporer, Philipp and Mierisch, Fabian and Schwerdt, Guido and Wiederhold, Simon}
}

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https://www.iwh-halle.de/publikationen/detail/does-information-about-inequality-and-discrimination-in-early-child-care-affect-policy-preferences/

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2024-01-30

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